Just five months after one of the greatest fights in modern boxing history, Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met in a rematch that somehow managed to transcend the original. N o classic in the ring, it was well on its way to being a notable fiasco..

Wladimir Klitschko, who fights Tyson Fury for the heavyweight boxing championship of the entire world Saturday on HBO, stands 78 inches tall, weighs 245 pounds and has a fearsome sledgehammer of a right hand...

The boxing world moves quickly. On Saturday night, the only fight that mattered was the pay-per-view spectacular between Miguel Cotto and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. It was another chapter in the ever-expanding Mexico vs...

Miguel Cotto (40-5) is no Floyd Mayweather Jr . At a ring-worn 35 years old, his best days are now cherished memories. But, as active boxing legends go, he isn't half bad. His name, reputation and accomplishments carry weight...

On Saturday at UFC 193, Holly Holm, a former boxing champion who is chasing the bright lights and bigger paydays available to women in mixed martial arts, will step into the cage with the most dominant fighter in the sport's history...

The day after the bandits came, Bellator featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (24-2) became a man. He was five years old. " Someone spread a rumor my father had a collection of guns," his brother Patricky Freire said...

At one point, they called Detroit the " Paris of the Midwest ." The American middle class was born there , in the factories that built shiny steel cars, the ultimate expression of new-world muscle and ingenuity...

Last year Terence Crawford (26-0, 18 KO), who defends his WBO Super Lightweight Championship against Dierry Jean on HBO Saturday night, found himself exactly where every professional boxer wants to be...

During Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s long reign as boxing's pound-for-pound king, fans seemed to deflate after every big event. Mayweather, with his cocky Technicolor persona and reality-television bravado, was great at building interest...

"Jonathan, my friend, I am great. Los Angeles. Beautiful weather. Beautiful people. I love it." You can almost see Gennady Golovkin's goofy, lopsided smile shining, even through the telephone and across thousands of miles...

If you were watching Sunday Night Football on NBC, you could be forgiven for believing Deontay Wilder was defending the heavyweight championship of the world against Johann Duhaupas this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama...

When you're an athlete, at some point birthdays cease being a thing you celebrate. They are, instead, looming reminders that your professional life is quickly coming to an end. Sure, no one likes getting old...